He then requested assistance from building security to retrieve his drone, which had crashed into the 40th floor and dropped several flights onto an outer ledge.

Reportedly, the guards promised to help, but instead called the NYPD who promptly arrested him. (New York’s authorities remain understandably quite sensitive about aircraft flying into their iconic and well-occupied structures.)

Riddle, who says he “asked a cop 20 minutes before [he] did it”, faces charges of reckless endangerment, misdemeanor criminal mischief, and avigation in and over New York City. (Yes, “avigation”: navigation in the air. It’s a real word: if you learn something every day, today’s now officially squared away.)

Fortunately, there were no injuries, though it’s not clear if the drone’s still loose up there, or if it’s been secured as evidence.